Medal of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin (Par Nobile Fratrum)

1834–39

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 9.48 g, 12:00, 27.5 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.3010
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Busts of Franklin and Washington in civilian dress three-quarters facing each other. BALE below.

Reverse Description: PAR / NOBILE / FRATRUM within laurel wreath, rose above PAR and rose with two leaves below FRATRUM. Plain edge.

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Bibliography

William S. Baker, Medallic Portraits of Washington, 2nd (Philadelphia: Robert M. Lindsay, 1885), 97, no. 202

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